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Originally Posted by Vinny01

Darryl inherited a team that was coming off 7 years of playoff misses no doubt it was bleak when he took over. He changed the culture and deserves a ton of credit for it. I think Jay is finally changing the culture here it started with his meritocracy and now with Hartley (I think a coach is the key to a culture change). Both teams needed a culture change for sure which is why Ken King pulled the trigger when he did on both changes.

I would add Nystrom and Lombardi to the young prospects that Sutter inherited who were viewed more highly then than the way the turned out.

We can likely agree that neither situation is ideal to take over. I doubt Feaster is going to get as lucky as Sutter was when he traded for Kipper (unless Ramo is the 2nd coming of Miikka).

One name: John Gaudreau